Tony Mullins: Losing Dawn Run was like losing Muhammad Ali

Mullins partnered Dawn Run in 15 of her 21 career victories but was jocked off by owner Charmian Hill on all three of her Cheltenham Festival appearances, a painful and awkward situation enhanced further by the fact the mare was trained by Tony’s legendary father Paddy Mullins

MAGICAL MARE: Dawn Run en route to racing immortality when winning the 1986 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Picture: Allsport UK /Allsport

Hot on the heels of the superb Dawn Run documentary broadcast by TG4 over Christmas, the first episode of a new podcast series has provided further insight into the story of the most famous mare in National Hunt history.

The racing podcast market is a crowded place but Horse Racing Heroes is a little bit different in that there’s no betting tips or current affairs chat.